We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sit Pretty

from Elliot Apple by Nicholas Chakinis

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

now, it’s time for another date
put yourself together
and don’t be late
put on your pressed, Perry Ellis Portfolio Pants
hide those thick thighs
and give anyone an honest chance

go see who you like
listen to what they say
don’t worry about your soft hair
one day it’ll harden and grey

do they make you laugh
are they honest or do they lie
ask them what do they want to do before they die

sit pretty
give them enough time don’t worry
just look in their eyes

first was the man with the mustache
then a Laura Palmer lookalike who ordered a spiked Arnold Palmer
a young, freckled farm girl
a boy who’s been badly burned
a sorry sack of shit
a know-it-all who couldn’t take a hint
someone silly and selfish
someone turbulent but tender
a traveler who talks of a place but really has never been there

sit pretty
give them enough time don’t worry
just look in their eyes

sit pretty
slow down and take your time don’t worry
trust your heart and your mind

wait for what you want
you’ll know it when you feel it
because it’s better than what you think you’ll want

for your heart and your body is only given to you once,
so mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the brightest of them all

gather your rosebuds while you may, old time is still a-flying; and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying

I don’t know what I want
I don’t know if I’ll ever
I don’t know what I want
I don’t know if I’ll ever
all these pieces I’ve picked up may not fit together this picture of my life may never come together

the glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, the higher he’s a getting
the sooner will his race be run and nearer he’s to setting

I need a coffee
but I really want a drink
I need to take a break
and take some time to think
I don’t know why I’m so hard on myself
I can’t fight it
I want to hold someone, someone besides myself

I like this
I don’t like that
that really turns me on
that makes me want to take a step back
I’m just a self-conscious, seemingly straight
white male who’s still going on dates

that age is best which is the first, when youth and blood are warmer
but being spent, the worse, and worst, times still succeed the former

credits

from Elliot Apple, released June 30, 2023
Lyrics contain "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" By Robert Herrick. Published in 1648 this poem originally appeared in Herrick's book of poetry Hesperides as poem 208.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Nicholas Chakinis image

Nicholas Chakinis San Diego, California

Making music that you might enjoy, find comfort in & be inspired by because I believe the music you listen to matters, you matter & we all matter.

contact / help

Contact Nicholas Chakinis

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Nicholas Chakinis, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now